In the name of the father

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GLOBAL business giant, philanthropist, king of recycling — Anthony Pratt is creating his own legacy. Aaron Langmaid's exclusive interview with the richest man in Australia.  

SISTO Malaspina was particularly punctual on the day he would die.  

Aaron Langmaid reports on the trajectory of two immigrants and how their lives would cross on one fateful day. 

 IN the silence that followed America’s worst shooting massacre, the only thing police could hear inside Orlando’s Pulse Nightclub was the ringing of mobile phones. 

They rang constantly. From devices scattered on the dancefloor or in the pockets of the dead.  

IT was in the final tense moments of a match between the Calder Cannons and the Oakleigh Chargers 15 years ago that a wide-shouldered full-forward made an impression teammates would never forget. Aaron Langmaid reports on the footballer turned soldier who paid the ultimate price. 

FIFTEEN months after Sydney’s Lindt cafe siege ended in a blaze of gunfire, Jarrod Morton-Hoffman is key negotiator in an unending battle of his own.

 THERE was talk of secret burials, even decoy graves. But in the end, Ned Kelly was laid to rest with the kind of tradition and dignity he had long been denied. Well almost. 

HER son is living the dream as one of the biggest names in American basketball, but Ben Simmons’ mum, Julie, says he’s still her baby.  Aaron Langmaid reports. 

W HEN Michael Van Wilgenburg tells his life story, he’s never sure where to start.   An orphan of India, he was another little boy without a beginning — one of about 30 young Indians from the same orphanage rehomed in Victoria at the start of the millennium. He doesn’t know who his biological parents are or why they abandoned him as a baby. He can’t say how he became another lonely face in a sprawling region of more than 43 million.  

 THE man who inspired millions to believe in themselves now desperately needs to be believed. Oscar Pistorius cut a lonely figure in a packed courtroom this week as the world came to grips with the astonishing case mounted against him. Aaron Langmaid reports. 

THE unravelling of Victoria’s dairy industry was as unpredictable as the weather.   A perfect storm of operational costs, a commodity price slump, a shifting exchange rate and looming doubts over demand swirled around our farmers like a wild and contracted cold front.  Aaron Langmaid reports.

THE crazed gunman who shot dead four men and seriously injured a woman in a shooting rampage in Darwin was on parole and had alleged links to outlaw motorcycle gangs. Aaron Langmaid reports. 

CHARLES Saatchi went from extravagant art dealer to artful dodger in as little time as it took one eager photographer to fire off a few shots.

 IT’S the wet season in Arnhem Land but it hasn’t rained for days. The dancers hose down the hot red sand just so they can stamp their feet. They raise their hands and cry out for this — a funeral for a footballer.  

IT was Grand Final day last year — just as reigning premier Hawthorn demolished West Coast at the MCG — that searing unseasonal heat unleashed a similar path of destruction across Victoria’s wheatbelt. Aaron Langmaid reports on the drought crippling southern Australia. 

ACCLAIMED as the actor of his generation, in the end it wasn’t enough to save Philip Seymour Hoffman.

THE family’s clothes were still pegged to the line when police arrived. A boy’s T-shirt, a little girl’s pink top.  Jeans, pants and socks, all carefully aligned and twisting in the wind. Aaron Langmaid reports on a family tragedy. 

IN the final moments of the 2012 Australian Grand Prix, representatives of the world’s media adjusted their microphones and jostled for position in a frantic final race of their own. Aaron Langmaid reports of the rise of Aussie F1 ace Daniel Ricciardo. 

 BOB “Wallaby’’ Evans casts his line across the Murray River and his mind back to times when fishing was much more a chore 

JARROD Lyle is ready for the fight of his life. A decade after conquering leukemia, the Aussie golf pro has been forced to confront the devastating disease all over again.

SEVENTEEN years ago today I lost my best mate. He drew his last breath after collapsing on to the cold floor of the family bathroom and died as the sun came up. He was only 17.